JP3143138B2 - Automatic article dispensing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic article dispensing apparatus such as an automatic lending machine such as a pachinko ball lending machine or a medal lending machine in a game facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic article dispensing apparatus operates in principle by an unmanned person, and even if a trouble occurs during operation, the manager cannot immediately eliminate the cause of the trouble. If a problem such as jamming of input money, dispensing of change, or rejection of input money occurs during the sales operation, so that the details of the trouble can be accurately grasped when coming to the inspection, the contents of the trouble There is known a vending machine configured to store and display (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-29472).

[0003]

In the vending machine according to the prior art described above, a trouble occurs during a series of selling operations from the insertion of money to the discharge of commodities and the completion of paying out necessary change. When the operation is interrupted, the contents of the trouble are stored and displayed.Even if a series of sales operations are completed, the control mechanism that controls the sales operations malfunctions, and Troubles may occur such that the product issued is different from the selected product, the number of products paid out is different from the number of selected products, or the amount of change paid out is too much or too short, Furthermore, the control mechanism and each dispensing device are individually
Even if it is operating normally, each payout from the control mechanism
When the signal output to the device is altered by noise,
Troubles such as not being able to pay properly
Since the details of the trouble that can be recognized by the user after the completion of such a sales operation cannot be stored or displayed, the user is not aware of the occurrence of such trouble and is left with the possibility that the trouble may occur repeatedly There is a drawback that it is easy to be done. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by devising a storage unit for troubles, the contents of troubles that can be recognized by the user after the completion of the dispensing operation such as lending, the administrator can later determine the contents of the troubles. accurate, possible to easily grasp
And prevent such troubles from recurring.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic article dispensing device capable of performing the above.

[0004]

A feature of the automatic article dispensing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object is that the input currency is
Record the amount of money and the selected amount selected by the selection means
The first recording means, the number of times of operation of the article dispensing device, and change payment
The second recording means for recording the number of times the dispensing device has been operated is
Content is readable, and the first
The recording contents recorded by the recording means N and the second recording means
Trouble occurred by comparing with the recorded contents recorded in the column
Comparing and judging means for judging the presence or absence of
Payment received when it is determined that a problem has occurred
There in that the reception stopping means T for stopping the operation is provided, the following beneficial operational effects from such configuration.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the information is recorded in the first recording means so as to be readable .
The amount of input money and the selected amount selected by the selection means
Payment and acceptance operation contents of Tsu, can be read in the second recording means
Operating cycle and change payment of the article dispensing device which is recorded in the
The administrator can read the contents of the dispensing operation such as the number of times the dispensing device is operated, and in addition to being able to know whether the proper dispensing operation is being performed, when the proper dispensing operation is not being performed, that is, When a trouble that can be recognized by the user has occurred after the completion of the payout operation, it is possible to know exactly what kind of phenomenon has occurred in the payment receiving operation or the payout operation. Moreover,
When it is determined by the comparison determination means that a trouble has occurred
Is automatically stopped by the reception stop means.
Because it stops, troubles do not occur repeatedly.
No.

[0006]

Therefore, for example, the control mechanism and each dispensing device
Under normal operating conditions, control mechanisms
Signal output to each dispensing device is altered by noise
In the event that the user can recognize the trouble after completing the dispensing operation such as lending such that normal dispensing cannot be performed , the administrator can grasp the details of the trouble accurately and easily later. Can be
The recurrence of such troubles can be prevented. 3. The automatic article dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a comparison between the recorded content recorded by said first recording means and the recorded content recorded by said second recording means is performed to determine whether or not a trouble has occurred. Means and a travel display means for displaying a travel occurrence when the comparison / determination means determines that a trouble has occurred. Therefore, necessary measures such as trouble cancellation can be quickly taken.

[0007]

(Another embodiment)

A. The automatic article dispensing apparatus according to the present invention may be a lending machine that lends gaming media such as medals for slot machines. B. The first recording means for recording the deposit operation and the second recording means for recording the payout operation may be those that print out and record on a recording sheet. C. The trouble display means may display the occurrence of a trouble by sound. D. A configuration may be adopted in which a signal indicating the occurrence of a trouble is input to a management device that manages the game facility, and the occurrence of the trouble can be monitored from the management device.

[0008] In the claims, reference numerals are written for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the attached drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a lending control device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of lending control.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of lending control.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of lending control.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a main part of the pachinko ball lending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 N first recording means P second recording means R comparison determination means S trouble display means T acceptance stop means

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. An amount of input money and a value selected by a selection means.
Recording means N for recording the selected amount of money,
Record the number of times the device has been operated and the number of times the change dispenser has been operated
The second recording means P is provided so that the recorded contents can be read.
And is recorded by the first recording means N.
The recorded contents and the contents recorded by the second recording means P
Comparison judgment to judge whether trouble has occurred by comparing with the contents
Means R and the comparing and determining means R determine that a trouble has occurred.
Stop receiving after receiving payment when you are separated
An automatic article dispensing apparatus provided with a means T. 2. A comparing / determining means R for comparing the recorded contents recorded by the first recording means N with the recorded contents recorded by the second recording means P to determine whether or not a trouble has occurred. 2. The automatic article dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising travel display means S for displaying travel occurrence when the comparison determination means R determines that a trouble has occurred.